Published in Blood Weekly, May 8th, 2008
"The autonomic nervous system, through its two efferent branches, the parasympathetic-cholinergic and the sympathetic-adrenergic, plays an important role in the control of the cardiovascular activity and of the glucose and lipid metabolism, and its impaired working can interfere with these functions. An increased sympathetic activity and an increased frequency of diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension and obesity have been reported in untreated schizophrenic patients, and a further worsening of these...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-05-08)
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